a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl3CH(OH)2
chloral hydrate in American English
a colorless, crystalline compound, CCl3·CH(OH)2, used chiefly as a sedative
Examples of 'chloral hydrate' in a sentence
chloral hydrate
Someone had slipped a massive overdose of chloral hydrate into the bottle.